I'm using Bacula on the Ceph filesystem. Not presently backing up object store since I really only experiment with it, but Bacula can handle that. Bacula is probably not the most polished system I could use, but unlike some commercial ones I've used, it has always delivered and has the virtue that in case of Total Nuclear Destruction I can still restore backups using offline utilities. And is part of the standard package set for Red Hat family distros. Because Ceph has proven so reliable, I really have only needed it to recover goofed-up files rather than from host failure. a local git archive helps in really critical stuff, too. My systems back up incrementally (ceph and local filesystems) at around 4am local time daily with a full backup once a week. First-stage backup is to a local server local disk, then offline copies go out to other media. I'd love to have a robotic tape library like I used to have, but current economics make that solution impossible. Now if I could just archive to holographic diamond storage... Tim On 8/13/25 12:36, Anthony Fecarotta wrote:
Hello,
I'm curious how the community handles backup and disaster recovery planning with Ceph in production environments. Does running Ceph fundamentally change your backup strategy compared to traditional storage solutions?
Specifically, I'm interested in: - Are you backing up at the RBD level, or relying on application-level backups? - How do you handle cross-site replication for disaster recovery? - Any tools or practices you'd recommend for automated backup scheduling?
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